J&J Boyd "writers" COMPLETED" QUERY with thanks

[Elizajb]

Yes, I see. I think I'll try and search the New Zealand court records on the offchance that they will have a historical record for him or his qualification.

Thankyou Forfarian.

[Flattybasher9]

Having searched the New Zealand records, this is a strange one.
The Army papers and census's throw up conflicting dates as to how old, where and when born.
The Ancestry trees show a death in 1903, but a result from a search for the death in the records is eluding me.
Hmmmmm?

Regards

Malky

[Elizajb]

Yes, he did die in 1903 and was born in Scotland. He has a number of descendants and as you saw, is recorded in several family trees. There's quite a bit of info on him but I was hoping to pin it down a bit further and find a record of his qualification in Scotland to add to what we already know. I think there is at least one, possibly more, descendant of the same name which would account for you seeing some conflicting records.

Regards Eliza.

[Flattybasher9]

I found him in the Scottish census's for Scotland, mentioning "Occupation" "Of Law", then declared bankrupt in Invercargill, New Zealand, 20 September 1888.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ST18880921.2.26.2

He also turns up as returning officer for 2 districts in 1879.

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ST18790823.2.23.2&l=mi&e=-------10--1----0--

Looking at the Scottish census's, his father was a Sheriff's clerk, then a "Procurator before the courts in Renfrew". That may explain his legal background.

There is a further bit here :-

http://www.myheritage.com/person-1000154_22754371_22754371/arthur-chillas-henderson



Regards

Malky

[Elizajb]

Thankyou for your added input    There's quite a bit of info available about him, partly due to the number of his descendants, so that has been fortunate for me. Some people's details are not so easy to solve so it's always nice to get one which goes well.